Holding carton for confections



Aug. 6, 1940. N. A. PETTER HOLDING CARTON FOR CONFECTIONS Filed Feb. 9, 1938 Noel v A. pezzer Patented Aug. 6, 1940 UNITED STATES aerator PATENT OFFEQE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a collapsible carton of a type particularly adapted for holding a confection such as ice cream, and it is especially useful for holding a confection of bar-form.

Holders of this type usually operate to envelop 'the lower end of the confection or bar, and the person eating the confection, bites on the projectin upper end of the confection that extends beyond the upper end of the holder. As the confection is consumed, the upper sections of the holder may be torn off. One of the difficulties of constructing a holder of this kind, is that when the confection leaks, it will run out at the bottom. One of the objects of this invention is to produce a collapsible carton of simple construction, which can be readily set up into box-form to receive the confection, and which is so constructed that by a slight pressure exerted at the botout of contact with the side of the bar held in the holder. In this way a dead air space is formed on the ends or sides of the stick, tending to reduce the transmission of heat from the wall of the carton to the frozen confection.

Further objects of the invention will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the novel parts and combination of parts to be described hereinafter, all of which contribute to produce an efficient holding carton for confections.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is described in the following specification, while the broad scope of the invention is pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective of a carton embodying this invention, showing the upper end of the same partially open, and showing the lower .end of the same in its collapsed condition.

Fig. 2 is a perspective with the upper portion of the carton broken away, and looking upwardly at the bottom of the carton. This view also indicates a portion of the confection broken away.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken about on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, but showing the confection practicing the invention I form a carton with two side walls I and 2, which are superposed upon each other when the carton is in its collapsed condition. The carton is elongated in a vertical direction and has end walls 3 and t that are integrally connected with the vertical edges 5 of the side walls I and 2. When the carton is in its collapsed condition, its lower end will have substantially the appearance shown in Fig. 1, at

which time the end walls 3 and d of the carton will be composed of two superposed panels ta connected together by a crease line 6 that extends longitudinally throughout the entire length and at the middle of the end wall.

At the lower end of the carton it presents a bottom wall I composed of two sections la (see Fig. 2) and the side edges of this bottom wall are connected integrally to the lower edges 8 of the side walls. From the intersection points of the edge 8 with the side edges of the side walls l and 2, diagonal or inclined crease lines 9 are formed that integrally connect the panels 4a and la. In addition to this, crease lines II] are formed transversely to the bottom I located in line with the edges 5 of the side walls. .The carton constructed as described, can be furnished in a collapsed condition with ,the side walls l and 2 lying flat upon each other, and with the sections to of the end walls superposed as illustrated at the bottom portion of Fig. 1.

In setting up the carton from its collapsed condition, it is merely necessary to exert an upward or inward pressure at about the middle point of the longitudinal crease line ll that connects the panels la of the bottom. In doing this, the panels la, of course, force the walls 9 and 2 outwardly. As this occurs the corner portions H of the carton swing inwardly, being folded around the crease lines it. The result of this is that the lowerend of the carton will have the form illustrated in Fig. 2, and this form is such that the corner portions l2 of the collapsed carton will set up into two ears l3 that project downwardly at each end of the bottom wall I. By

pressing inwardly on these ears at the points l4 about in line with the ends of the bottom I, a substantially tight lower end for the holder will result.

Fig. 3 indicates the confection bar I5 and its relation to the holder which contains it. The panels 3a of the, end wall 3 are not in the same plane with each other, and this is also true of the panels 4a of the other end wall. Hence dead air spaces 16 are formed at each end of the crosssection of the bar, and these assist in reducing the melting speed of the confection.

In practice, these confections are usually of tapering form, and in using these cartons they would be set up and then shoved down over the tapered upper end of the confection. The tapered form of the confection assists also in keeping the sides of the bar out of contact with the side walls, so that in addition to the air spaces [6, the air spaces I1 will be formed at the long sides of the cross-section of the bar at any point below the point of contact between the sides of the bar and the walls of the holder.

Although the holder described may be constructed in any manner desired, in accordance with my invention I prefer to construct it from a single piece blank l8. In order to do this, I form the blank with an elongated rectangular panel I!) formed between the outer edge 20 and the crease line 2|, and the lower end of this panel I 9 has an integral tapered flap or extension 22 having inclined edges 23. At the lower end of this ex-.

tension 22, I provide a short rectangular flap 24, the middle portion of which may [be formed with a rounded outwardly projecting tongue 25. In addition to this, I form vertical crease lines 5a that are in line with the ends of the flap 24, and these crease lines eventually form two of the edges 5 of the set-up carton. At about midway between each crease line 5a, and the edge 20 and the crease line 2|, I form crease lines 6a, which form the edges 6 of the carton. These crease lines 6a, of course, intersect the, inclined edges 23 at about their middle points, and from these middle points I provide inwardly extending crease lines 9a that extend at right angles to the edges 23. These crease lines 9a correspond to the edge 9 of the collapsed carton.

The blank also includes a lateral extension panel 26 of rectangular form, which is of the same length as the panel l9. This panel 26 is formed with a longitudinal crease line 21. In"

forming the carton from the blank, the blank is, of course, creased on all its vertical'crease lines,

and the flap 24 is then folded upwardly and secured over the lower end of the adjacent side wall 2 (see Fig. 1). The lower edge of the collapsed carton is, of course, formed by the horizontal crease line Ila that connects the lower ends of the crease lines Be. It will be evident that my invention enables the collapsed carton to be readily constructed and furnished to the manufacturer of the confection, who can, by a the invention described herein is only one of the many embodiments this invention may take, and

I do not wish to be limited inthe practice of the I invention, nor in the claim, to the particular embodiment set forth.

What I claim is:

A blank for forming a holder for a confection, said blank consisting of a main panel of substantially rectangular form having a tapered extension at one end-thereof with inclined converging side edges and anend flap of substantially rectangular form projecting beyond said tapered extension, one of said converging side edges having a point of intersection with one of the side edges of the main panel, said blank further having a lateral substantially rectangular panel projectingfrom the side edge of the first-named panel, with its adjacent end edge substantially in line with the said. point of intersection, said blank having longitudinal crease lines in line with the inner ends of the said inclined edges, and another crease line coinciding with the inner side of the lateral panel, said crease lines forming end panels in the blank to form the end walls of the set-up holder, said end panels having longitudinal crease lines therein at substantially the middle point thereof, said tapered extension having a transverse crease line connecting substantially the middle points of said inclined edges, and crease lines extending inwardly at substantially right angles to the said inclined edges and at substantially the middle points thereof.

NOEL A. PEI'I'ER. 

